The Weed Lady Cougars earned a 39-29 victory over the Fall River Lady Bulldogs in their Shasta Cascade League opener Tuesday night in Weed.

Coming off a 65-35 loss to Eagle Point last week, the Lady Cougar found themselves ice cold from the field early in the game, managing just seven points in the first period, and four points in the second period.

The Lady Bulldogs had similar struggles, scoring just two points in the first period and four points in the second period sending the game to halftime with the Lady Cougars on top 11-6.

The halftime break proved to benefit the Lady Cougars as they poured on a 13-2 run to open the second half to extend their advantage to 24-9. The Lady Bulldogs finally found an offensive spark and closed the third period with a 12-2 run of their own to make it a 26-21 game heading to the fourth period.

Destinee Jones opened the fourth quarter scoring with a bucket for the Lady Cougars. The Lady Bulldogs followed with back-to-back buckets to cut the deficit to three points.

Weed head coach Bob West called what proved to be an excellent timeout as it sparked a 9-2 run that put the game on ice for the Lady Cougars.

Weed's Karene Marshall led all scorers with 14 points including nine in the second half. Elyssa Fisher poured in 11 points and Jones 8 points.

The Lady Cougars (8-6, 1-0) will take on Trinity (5-5, 1-1) this Friday night in Weed.